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DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO COMPEL PLANTIFF TO APPEAR FOR A PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATION (INDEPENDENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION [IME]) SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED BECAUSE PLAINTIFF HAD PLACED HER MENTAL CONDITION IN CONTROVERSY; DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO VACATE THE NOTE OF ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN GRANTED BECAUSE DISCOVERY WAS NOT COMPLETE (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, reversing (modifying) Supreme Court, determined defendant’s motions to compel plaintiff to appear for an independent medical examination (IME) and to vacate the note of issue should have been granted:

We find that plaintiff’s mental condition is, in fact, in controversy. Plaintiff requests compensatory damages only for her alleged emotional distress, and she has testified that she experienced depression, anxiety, and dizziness, as well as headaches brought on by severe mental anguish (CPLR 3121[a]). As a result, a mental examination by a psychiatrist is warranted to enable defendants to rebut plaintiff’s causes of action for emotional distress … .

… [W]e grant defendants’ motion to vacate the note of issue. Contrary to the certificate of readiness, discovery had not been completed, as plaintiff had not yet complied with the court’s directive to submit a Jackson affidavit detailing the process she had undertaken to search her social media post … . Lopez v Bendell, 2022 NY Slip Op 03990, First Dept 6-21-22

Practice Point: Plaintiff had placed her mental condition in controversy by testifying about depression, anxiety, dizziness and headaches caused by mental anguish. Defendant was therefore entitled to compel a psychiatric exam (an independent medical examination [IME]). Here defendant’s motion to vacate the note of issue should have been granted because defendant’s discovery was not complete.

 

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